<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-23-1 - Prostitution--Misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047356Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047356SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047356CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047356Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047356DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047356000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047356SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047356SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047356Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-23-1"><span class="s2047356SENU">22-23-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047356SENU">. </span><span class="s2047356CL">Prostitution--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047356Normal-000000"><span class="s2047356DefaultParagraphFont">A person who is eighteen years of age or older and who engages in or offers to engage in sexual activity for a fee or other compensation is guilty of prostitution, a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047356Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047356000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047356Normal"><span class="s2047356SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047356SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 13.1717; SL 1976, ch 158, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23-1"><span class="s2047356SCL-000002">23-1</span></a><span class="s2047356SCL-000002">; SL 1977, ch 189, § 53; SL 1985, ch 183, § 1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 175; SL 2017, ch 97, § 1; SL 2019, ch 109, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-23-1 - Prostitution--Misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047357Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047357SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047357CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047357Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047357DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047357000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047357SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047357SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047357Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-23-1.1"><span class="s2047357SENU">22-23-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047357SENU">. </span><span class="s2047357CL">Sexual activity defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047357Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047357DefaultParagraphFont">As used in this chapter the term, sexual activity, references both sexual penetration, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-22-2"><span class="s2047357DefaultParagraphFont">22-22-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047357DefaultParagraphFont">, and sexual contact, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-22-7.1"><span class="s2047357DefaultParagraphFont">22-22-7.1</span></a><span class="s2047357DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047357Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047357000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047357Normal"><span class="s2047357SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047357SCL-000002"> SDCL, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-23-1"><span class="s2047357SCL-000002">22-23-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047357SCL-000002"> as added by SL 1976, ch 158, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23-1"><span class="s2047357SCL-000002">23-1</span></a><span class="s2047357SCL-000002">; SL 2005, ch 120, § 176.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-23-1 - Prostitution--Misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047358Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047358SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047358CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047358Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047358DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047358000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047358SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047358SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047358Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-23-1.2"><span class="s2047358SENU">22-23-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047358SENU">. </span><span class="s2047358CL">Affirmative defense of compulsion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047358Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047358DefaultParagraphFont">It is an affirmative defense to a charge of prostitution under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-23-1"><span class="s2047358DefaultParagraphFont">22-23-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047358DefaultParagraphFont"> if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is a victim of human trafficking under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-49"><span class="s2047358DefaultParagraphFont">22-49</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047358DefaultParagraphFont"> or that the defendant committed the act only under compulsion by another person who, by implicit or explicit threat, created a reasonable apprehension in the mind of the defendant that if the defendant did not commit the act, the person would inflict bodily harm upon the defendant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047358Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047358000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047358Normal"><span class="s2047358SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047358SCL-000002"> SL 2012, ch 127, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>